far Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Setting up a small satellite office of 3 people, could someone tell if virtual servers are worth considering instead of having an in house server - we will be using it to store ms files only I was looking at companies like this: http://www.tagadab.com/uk TIA FAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Are you looking a Windows server or a Linux one? Or no preference? I've used WiredTree before - they were excellent I thought and very good pricing. http://www.wiredtree.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Are you looking a Windows server or a Linux one? Or no preference? I've used WiredTree before - they were excellent I thought and very good pricing. http://www.wiredtree.com/ We are running windows but no preference - wired tree look like a US company? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I'm currently rolling out a fairly large 'cloud' server setup at the moment, they do have their advantages however bandwidth then becomes a LOT more critical. What are you looking at putting outside your corp environment? Have you considering google-apps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 It is indeed a US company - that's what makes them the cheaper option. 40GB diskspace/1000GB bandwidth - £30/month With their support too - a great deal IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 It is indeed a US company - that's what makes them the cheaper option. 40GB diskspace/1000GB bandwidth - £30/month With their support too - a great deal IMO. I was more looking at £9.99 per month lol! I'll have a browse around their website I'm currently rolling out a fairly large 'cloud' server setup at the moment, they do have their advantages however bandwidth then becomes a LOT more critical. What are you looking at putting outside your corp environment? Have you considering google-apps? Just want a place where we can host and access shared files, nothing too big. google-apps - never heard of them lol, i'll go have a butchers now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 You'll want hosting then - not a VPS (virtual private server). A VPS is a split server. This will generally cost more than what I showed to you. What's wrong with your web server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Gav - do you mean google docs? It doesnt really do as much as a full virtual server set up would do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 http://www.google.com/apps/ We use them at the mo for non-sensitive information and collaborative working. I am looking at outsourcing my entire email farm over to them once I've settled my fears over data security Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Gav - do you mean google docs? It doesnt really do as much as a full virtual server set up would do Indeed it doesn't, BUT it also has a lot less management overhead, and if all you are doing is sharing files then it should do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I am looking at outsourcing my entire email farm over to them once I've settled my fears over data security Do no evil... as they say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Do no evil... as they say hahaha, and no-one is completely naive to believe that...HOWEVER I did discover that seagate farmed out their entire email solution to google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 hahaha, and no-one is completely naive to believe that...HOWEVER I did discover that seagate farmed out their entire email solution to google. Outsourcing is never 100% secure. You'll always have that doubt. May get better uptime/resiliency for your buck, but as you probably well know, no vendor is truly infallible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Indeed it doesn't, BUT it also has a lot less management overhead, and if all you are doing is sharing files then it should do the job. got it! will have a look around, thanks Virtual servers at 9.99 per month look pretty good value imo too, albeit the upload seems very much dependent on our own connection speeds etc I cant really tell the difference from one company to another at the moment though, they all pretty much seem to provider the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 got it! will have a look around, thanks Virtual servers at 9.99 per month look pretty good value imo too, albeit the upload seems very much dependent on our own connection speeds etc I cant really tell the difference from one company to another at the moment though, they all pretty much seem to provider the same thing They all look pretty much the same on paper, the true test with any company is what happens when stuff goes wrong, AND IT DOES!!! (Bitter, bitter, bitter experience) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Gav - in theory could I not just use a wireless hard drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Is this for a small business? We normally setup users via Citrix for the really small offices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Is this for a small business? We normally setup users via Citrix for the really small offices. Yes its for a 3 person office - I'll take a look into Citrix thanks F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Gav - in theory could I not just use a wireless hard drive? If you're going to do that at least make sure it's got some raid-5 / raid-10 protection, as you're prone to a single HDD failure otherwise... And response may be a bit sucky just using a wireless HDD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 If you are just wanting to shares some MS files, I take it you mean Excel, word etc etc, why on earth are you looking at hosting them externally, what happens if the office internet connection is down, no more work. Surely these solutions should be used only as a means of offsite backup If you are not looking to have a server onsite then something like a QNAP NAS would be a much better solution which is easy to manage and remains local with the option for remote/offsite backups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanc Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Stumbled upon this website don't know if this suits your needs OP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Stumbled upon this website don't know if this suits your needs OP? For something like that, SalesForce would be a much better option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I use Salesforce.com for our companies CRM needs. It helps that I am actually a Salesforce.com application developer. It's by far the best CRM out there in my opinion. Fun little fact: Marc Benioff - CEO of Salesforce.com, earnt his first lot of money so he could buy a Toyota Supra and get into College. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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